In the middle of Corner Brook sits a large, 78-room hotel steeped in opulence and elegance — and a century of history in the social life of the city on Newfoundland's west coast.

The Tudor-style building with green trim opened in 1924 as a staff quarters for the pulp and paper mill's engineers and managers and later became the fancy Corner Brook Hotel. 

And today, the Glynmill Inn — open for tourists, weddings and conferences — still holds its posh 1920s esthetic.

"We still continue to have our si…