Pavilion "Evening hall is located near the border of the Catherine and Alexander parks, close to the Neva river between the road. The construction of the pavilion began in 1796 architect Ilya V. Neyelov. However, it was interrupted during the reign of Emperor Paul I and was resumed only in 1806 on the revised draft, which was drawn up by the architects Peter V. Neyelov (brother I. V. Neyelov) and Luigi Rusca.

The pavilion is characterized by a typical late classical period features with attraction to the broad surfaces of walls, lively sculpture. According to the plan Rusca Central part of the front façade highlights the four-column ionic portico with a high attic. The walls on the sides of the portico lined with a thin "French" rust; on the sides of the Windows on low pedestals can be seen caryatids (statues) that support direct heavy canopies of the big takeaways. As a result of these alterations "Evening hall" has lost its original appearance, which was conceived by P. V. Neyelov, who had plans to decorate the facade of "palm trees with trunks made of logs, covered with tin, with canopy", and acquired the characteristic features of late classicism.

The area is 204 sq. m. "Evening hall includes a Large rectangular hall and two small rooms for parties. The walls of the Great hall were decorated with artificial marble, lost in the Second World war; in their upper part, the artist-designer F. Shcherbakov was written pictorial frieze. It depicts cupids chariot and deer on the background of the Park landscape. From the former the beautiful decorations survived the ceiling of the Central hall, rebuilt after 1941-1945.

Before the revolution, "Evening hall was used as a concert hall, and then there was dancing. During the great Patriotic war the pavilion was badly damaged. Art historian Anatoly Kuchumov in a letter to his wife dated 23 June 1944, wrote that the building "Evening hall survived the sign "Cafe Puskintura, and are arranged inside the barn with manure height of one meter.

In 1956 with the opening of the summer season "Evening hall" was a dance pavilion. Then there was the ski base, then restoration workshop next exhibition and lecture halls.

Large-scale restoration of the pavilion "hall Evening" was launched in 2007. For two years they cleaned the walls and the roof. Inside, repaired the ceiling, floor and wall painting restoration. Currently "Evening hall is open to visitors. It is used as an exhibition and concert halls.