The station opened on 2 October 1900 as a branch of line 1 from Étoile to Trocadéro.

[1]: 65  The station is close to the location of the Barrière des Réservoirs, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.

Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard entrance, which is the subject of a registration as a historical monument by the decree of 12 February 2016.

The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations, the light canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the 2000's metro revival, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, tunnel exits and corridor outlets.

The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plates.