Information about the building

In 1886-1887, the first lines of the steam tram began operation in Moscow, affectionately called "the little steam" by the locals. However, contrary to expectations, they appeared not in the city center but on its outskirts. This decision was made due to the high fire hazard of this new mode of transport. One of the routes ran from Butyrskaya Zastava to the Petrov Agricultural Academy (now the K.A. Timiryazev Agricultural Academy) with a stop at "Krasnostudensky Proezd" near Timiryazevsky Park. This stop still bears the same name and continues to function on route No. 27, which is the oldest surviving tram route in Moscow. Subsequently, the first electric tram line in the city was also laid here. In comparison, the famous Annushka began its service only in 1911.

In the early 1890s, wooden pavilions for passengers were built at all stops of the new steam tram lines according to the design of architect F. Kognovitsky. Franz Andreyevich, a well-known master of Moscow Art Nouveau, graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture with a silver medal. In 1926, the project was supplemented by Kognovitsky's pupil, architect Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shervinsky, who also worked as an architect for the Moscow Tram Management. Yevgeny Vasilyevich graduated from the same school with honors and worked as an assistant to such renowned architects as Shekhtel, Meisner, and Kognovitsky. Shervinsky reconstructed the pavilions, adding constructive and decorative elements made of cast iron.

At one time, K. Paustovsky worked as a conductor on the tram, who noted the beauty and lightness of the pavilions in his memoirs and stories. The stop at the corner of Dubki Street and Krasnostudensky Proezd is the only one that has preserved elements of Kognovitsky's original design, although it had been abandoned for a long time.

The pavilion of the modern "Krasnostudensky Proezd" stop is not the only surviving pavilion by Kognovitsky and Shervinsky, but it has been preserved better than others, despite a fire in the 1990s. A similar pavilion is also located at Voykovskaya.

Reconstruction and Restoration

During the restoration of the stop in 2017-2018, later constructions of the pavilion were dismantled, allowing its historical appearance to be restored. The cast iron columns with bases and pedestals, which are the only well-preserved elements of the structure, were cleaned of dirt and layers. Based on archival photographs and surviving original samples, restorers recreated the lost architectural and decorative elements made of cast iron and wood, returning the pavilion to its original appearance, just as it was 130 years ago.

In 2018, the cast iron tram stop pavilion became a laureate of the Moscow Government's "Moscow Restoration" competition in the categories of "best organization of repair and restoration work" and "best restoration and adaptation project."