Between 1843 and 1851, the Scottish settler, Thomas Napier (1802–1881) purchased the Keilor Road land covering Niddrie and Airport West. In 1869, Napier sold this land to Henry Stevenson (1810–1893). By 1871, Stevenson had built a house he named Niddrie, after his birthplace of Niddrie, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. After his death in 1893, the property was transferred to his wife Elizabeth, who sold it to Patrick Morgan eight years later.City of Moonee Valley Gap Heritage Study Sep 2005, Volume 1: Thematic History and Datasheets for Heritage Precincts, part 1, p20
