CCPAC, originally located at George Washington Carver High School, was developed in 1982 to accommodate the growing need in Montgomery for specialized arts instruction for students.

In 1994, MPS received a $7,000,000 federal grant to fund several magnet schools including the Carver Creative and Performing Arts Center.

This location was originally intended to be a temporary solution immediately after Normandale's unfortunate demise, but the school adapted and found over time that the building was suitable for its needs.

In August 2018, a fire destroyed some of the buildings on campus which contained areas including the school library, counselor's office, MPS child nutrition center, and the visual art, photography, broadcast media, and C.A.T.

A thirty-room unit was constructed after several of the original structures were demolished in 1948, and a 123-foot underground tunnel was developed to connect the two sides of the campus.