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When
Wieting died in 1888, Mary inherited his estate and began managing the opera house. During the course of the retirement of the acting manager of the opera house, H. W. Stimson, in 1891, he acted as her agent for the hiring of a new management firm under Martin W. Wagner and Moses Reis before her
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managed the opera house under her ownership for almost 25 years beginning in the early 1900s. In
September 1918, the Shuberts attempted to file a legal suit in order to force the name of the building to be changed to the "Shubert-Wieting Opera House", which Wieting had her agent respond to by saying
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reported that she was "almost prostrated" upon hearing the news and they speculated that the
Wieting Opera House would "rise again". Wieting sent a monetary gift to firemen who had been on the scene and hired others to clear the site. On November 7, the
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speculated that if she decided to rebuild the theatre it would "no doubt eclipse anything in that line seen in this country" because she had studied art and seen many famous theatres while traveling the world. The architect
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Wieting was also a member and
President of The National Historical Society. Frank Allanben wrote an article about Wieting's accomplishment in restoring the opera house, with
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Wieting was involved in the reconstruction, attempting to make the opera house "absolutely fire-proof" and offering suggestions to Cobb as he designed the new building. The
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reported that "every detail" was monitored by
Wieting herself and felt it would stand as a testament to her name. By July, reconstruction work was progressing well, and
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noting that the "remarkable efficiency and artistic zeal" of the restoration was presented by
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came to
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wrote in 1908 that they had a "most congenial companionship" and any accounting of John's life would be incomplete without discussion of his wife.
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in 1927. Her estate held the opera house until they sold it to the
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