The Sarah Friendly Apartments

323-337 NW 17th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

The Sarah Friendly is located on NW 17th Ave in Portland, Oregon at the corner of Flanders St. and 17th Ave - in the historic Northwest Portland blocks from The Pearl and walking distance to 23rd St. The neighborhood is a mixed-use area of residential and commercial buildings. Two churches are nearby – St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the 1927 Temple Beth-Israel, which is on the National Register. The 1912 Swedish Tabernacle Building, which is also on the National Register, is located a block away on Glisan Street.

Multi-family housing predominates in the neighborhood, with most of the residential use extending westward towards King’s Hill. Northwest of The Sarah Friendly, on the corner of 18th and Flanders Street, is the Wickersham Apartments, another National Register property. To the southeast across 17th Avenue is an early 20th century, multi-story, brick apartment complex called Carlotta Court.