BUFFALO, N.Y. — Former Buffalo Bill and Pro Football Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas and his wife Patti are taking their support of Buffalo to a new level: They'll be relocating from the Town of Boston to a home within the city.
The Thomases paid $999,900 for a house on Linwood Ave., buying it from Megan Hurley and Paul Tesluk, according to Jan. 11 filings in the Erie County clerk's office.
“We always wanted to move into the city,” Patti Thomas said to Business First. “We believe in supporting Buffalo any way we can.”
Patti Thomas, an artist and chief business development officer for 34 Group Inc., said she and Thurman also wanted to be near the Elmwood Village and Allentown District, to help foster the local arts community.
“It’s important to be near and part of the community,” Patti Thomas said. "It can help showcase my paintings, but also we can help others too."
The Linwood Avenue house, built in 1896, also has three apartments that are leased.
“Thurman and I are very excited about being Buffalo residents,” Patti Thomas said. “It was always a dream of ours.”
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