The Clarence Muse Center, located at 100 N. D St., is home to the Information Technology Department and PerrisTV studio. The building is named after actor Clarence Muse who resided and passed away in Perris, Ca.

Clarence Muse was born on October 14, 1889, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Alexander Muse and Mary A. Kellam as Clarence Edouard Muse. 

An actor, best known for 1943's Shadow of a Doubt, 1979's The Black Stallion, and as an outspoken proponent for black performers' favorable treatment. The first black director of a Broadway show and the first African-American to "star" in a film.

After high school, Muse earned a degree in International Law from The Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania in 1911. Upset and insecure with the minimal opportunities available to Black lawyers, he went into show business. 

Muse appeared as an opera singer, a minstrel performer, and a vaudeville actor. He also composed songs, wrote plays and short sketches—a pioneer in the 'black theatre' movement.

Although his Hollywood film assignments generally confined him to stereotypes, Muse rose above those portrayals fighting demeaning stereotypes for most of his career.

In 1955, Muse was a regular on the weekly TV version of "Casablanca," playing Sam the pianist, and in 1959, he appeared in the film "Porgy and Bess." Other film credits include "Buck and the Preacher" (1972) and "Car Wash" (1976).

During World War II, Muse also served as a member of the Hollywood Victory Committee that arranged celebrity appearances overseas. He would also do hospital tours to entertain wounded soldiers.

By 1973 Muse is inducted into the "Black Filmmakers Hall Of Fame". Six years later, Muse dies just four days before the release of his final film, The Black Stallion, on October 13, 1979, in Perris, Ca, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

On February 13, 2020, Perris honored the actor by naming its PerrisTV studio and Information Technology department building, The Clarence Muse Center.