The M is housed in the Central School Building, which opened its doors in 1894. At different times it was a high school, a junior high school, a grade school, and housed classrooms for Flathead Valley Community College. It is a brick and stone structure, with some of it's original hardwood floors and tin-plate ceilings still in place. The building was boarded-up in 1991, but the City of Kalispell renovated the structure at a cost of 2.4 million dollars, and leased it to the Northwest Montana Historical Society for exhibits, performances, and community meetings.