Regina Coeli Monastery is a historic building located in Bettendorf, Iowa, United States.

The Discalced Carmelite nuns who built the building relocated to a new monastery in Eldridge, Iowa in 1975.

The Carmel was officially established on the feast of St. John of the Cross on November 24, 1911, with a Mass celebrated by another of Mother Clare's brothers, the Rev.

The addition included a chapel in the Late Gothic Revival style, nun's choir, sacristy, and six bedrooms.

When the new addition was completed plans were begun to expand the monastery itself so that 21 nuns could have their own room as was stipulated in the Carmelite Rule.

He had also designed homes and other buildings for the monastery's primary benefactors, the Walsh, Kahl, and Bettendorf families.

The chapel was not a part of the building as yet, and the monastery itself was not fully completed when the nuns moved into their new home on June 29, 1916.

On Friday, November 24, 1916, the fifth anniversary of the arrival of the Carmelites in Davenport, Bishop Davis consecrated the monastery bells.

They erected fiery crosses and created a commotion in a farmer's field opposite the monastery.

It was decided that a more modest facility was needed and so 10 acres (40,000 m2) of farmland were purchased north of Davenport near the town of Eldridge.

In 1978 the Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King bought the building and renamed it St. Francis Monastery.

On September 28, 2020, the Carmelites moved to Clinton, Iowa and put their property near Eldridge up for sale.

[3] The two-story arcade on the south elevation reflects the colonnades found in Italian Romanesque architecture.

[3] The structure itself is a double cruciform building of gold mottled brick trimmed with Bedford limestone.

The small dome topped with a cross is located in the middle of the center wing of the monastery.

The chapel's size was used by Ebeling to determine the proportions of the building, which allowed it to be seamlessly included in the larger structure.

[3] Also, the rose window located above the altar is mirrored by the round clock face on the monastery's east wing.

The Franciscans removed some walls and built others, and they added modern elements such as carpeting and a swimming pool.