It was developed along with the neighboring Palais Royale Building by the Palace Theater Corporation.

It is a four- to five-story, rectangular, Spanish Renaissance Revival style brick building with finely crafted terra cotta ornamentation.

[2]: 51 Morris Performing Arts Center's interior has a rose, blue and cream color scheme, as when it opened.

The theater is home to the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and hosts Broadway shows, concerts, and other special events, including Marian High School's annual commencement ceremony.

[3] More than half of the seats at the center, 1,282, are in the balcony, with the remainder in the lower level.