This middle- and upper-income area contains the densest and most diverse historic residences in Aberdeen. Second Empire houses are rare in Mississippi, but there are a pair of two-story wooden ones here: the John C. Wicks House (c. 1895) at 413 S. Franklin and the George J. Leftwich House (c. 1888) at number 503. Both have irregular massing, bay windows, mansard roofs covered with imbricated slate shingles, and cast-iron porch railings. The Wicks house has a three-story octagonal tower capped by a stout spire with hooded circular windows and, originally, a front porch. The Leftwich House features a three-story square corner tower and a front porch with battered columns and a stickwork frieze.
The two-story C. C. Day House (c. 1926; 517 S. Meridian; pictured above) was built for a wealthy lumberman and is comparable to the finest Tudor Revival residences in the state. Picturesque in its irregular massing, it has a central front chimney and multiple jerkinhead roofs to the sides and rear. Its walls are red brick interspersed with purple clinker brick, and some bays and gables are infilled with false half-timbering and stucco. Adjacent to the Tudor-arched front entrance and beneath a deep, front-facing Tudor gable, a tall limestone panel with label molding and quoins contains leaded-glass windows with diamond-shaped panes.