Richmond: William Street - Bay Street William Street, south side, between Bay and Van Duzer Streets, showing the Van Duer Homestead. When the house was demolished in 1985 it was nearly 200 years old. Abraham Van Duzer bought the hocse from one Ryers. For additional data, see "The New York Sun' July 26, 1895, p. 3. Prior to 1895 Photo by Wm. T. Davis from sketch by Charles Boughton Feom P. L. Sperr Collection