The Villa de Chantal was a Catholic girl's boarding and day school operated by the Sisters of the Visitation.

The east wing of the building, known as Lewis Hall, was built in 1929 and contained classrooms and a gymnasium.

In the early 1990s the complex was sold and a private school, named Morningstar Academy, occupied the building.

In the early morning hours of July 14, 2005, the older sections of the building were consumed in a fire.

The Rock Island-Milan School District acquired the property and the remaining buildings were torn down in 2008.

[5] The two older wings of the building were designed by Rock Island architect George P. Stauduhar in the Gothic Revival style.

The western tower was topped by a belfry and contained a bell the Sisters had brought with them from Kentucky.

[2] The side openings of the porch show influences of the Gothic style that tie it in with the rest of the Villa.