Bricker Federal Building

The John W. Bricker Federal Building is a federal office building in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The structure was designed in the Brutalist architecture style and was built in 1977 to house federal offices. It has seven stories, and is part of a 454,000 sq ft (42,200 m2) facility, including an eight-story parking garage.[2]

Bricker Federal Building
Photograph by Carol Highsmith
General information
Architectural styleBrutalist
Address200 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39.966688°N 83.001001°W / 39.966688; -83.001001
Completed1977
Technical details
Floor count7
Floor area229,242 sq ft (21,297.3 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firmBrubaker/Brandt, Inc.[1]
Other information
ParkingConnected garage
Website
www.gsa.gov/brickerfb

The building is named for John W. Bricker, an Ohio governor and U.S. senator who lived in Columbus.

Attributes

The John W. Bricker Federal Building has offices for U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown as well as for the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the Departments of Housing & Urban Development and Agriculture. It also has a USPS post office and a cafeteria.[3]

The building's exterior features Correlation: Two White Line Diagonals and Two Arcs with a Sixteen-Foot Radius, a work by Robert Mangold, made of porcelain-enamel and steel.[3]

History

The building was completed in 1977. Following the completion, the former federal office (the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse) was vacated.[4]

In the 1980s, U.S. Senator John Glenn and Representatives John Kasich and Chalmers P. Wylie had their offices in the building, along with branch offices of the IRS and Social Security Administration.[5]

In 1988, a bill passed naming the building for John W. Bricker, an Ohio governor and U.S. senator from Columbus. A similar bill passed the U.S. House in 1986 but failed to pass the Senate.[6]

In 2011, the USPS considered closing its small post office in the building, as part of a nationwide closure for small post offices.[7]

References
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  2. https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/FY2020%20Columbus%20OH%20John%20W%20Bricker%20Federal%20Building.pdf
  3. "John W. Bricker Federal Building". U.S. General Services Administration. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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