Though it looks somewhat antebellum in style, Yarmouth's city hall wasn't built until 1974, taking the place of a large school built in 1890. The large, hip roofed brick building was designed with a colonial styled portico over its front entrance and a broken ogee pediment over the doorway's transom, mimicking the appearance of colonial mansions of yore. Four round Doric columns support the portico, with a fanlight centred above it. The east side of the building has a matching extension, running perpendicular to it, which houses the Yarmouth Police Department.
Though it matches the city hall, the police department annex has a bit of a strange angled entrance foyer, indicating that it is an add-on to the building, though it is at least as large as is city hall.
In total, the department is manned by nineteen individuals. The complement consists of a Police Chief, a Lieutenant, two Sergeants, a Detective, eight Officers, a Harbormaster/Shellfish Warden and two assistants, an Animal Control Officer, an Administrative Assistant and a School Crossing Guard.
The department participates in several community oriented programs, including the
CodeRED Emergency Notification System, the
Reassurance Program, the
Traffic Calming programme, and the
Underage Drinking- Illegal Drug Use Tip Hotline.