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.[3] It also has a USPS post office and a cafeteria.[4]
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.[4]
Architects Brubaker/Brandt began designing the seven-story building and attached parking garage in 1974. It was designed with walkways on the second floor that were intended to eventually connect to the Greater Columbus Convention Center as part of the city's pedestrian movement plan.[5] The building was completed in 1977. Following its completion, the former federal office (the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse) was vacated.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
In 2011, the USPS considered closing its small post office in the building, as part of a nationwide closure for small post offices.[9]
The Bankruptcy Court and U.S. Marshals Service in Columbus announced in December 2020 that they were moving from leased space into the building. The relocation was expected to occur by mid 2026 when construction was completed.[3] In 2025, the GSA released a list of federal office buildings slated for disposal. The Bricker Federal Building along with the attached parking garage was placed on the list pending disposal.[10]
