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The station building in Kostopol received an architectural design typical of its time in the convention of traditionalism of modern provenance. Built on an elongated rectangular plan, it was covered with a complex roof: a gable roof was used over the central, higher part of the building, and a mansard roof with picturesque façades over the side parts.

In terms of detailing, the designer used modern solutions with a dominant motif of a risalit topped with a baroque volute gable. This element has a characteristic articulation, common in this trend: it is a two-storey gable - in the lower storey divided by pilasters and covered by volutes, in the upper storey with only volutes.

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