It is on the edge of Monkstown, which is part of the Georgetown Improvement Area and Downtown St. John's.
[4] T J Eden later had a grocery business in Rawlins Cross, which was bought out by W J Murphy in 1919,[5] as well as O'Mara-Martin Drugs, established in 1892.
[citation needed] W J Murphy had initially worked in the drugstore, and T J Eden's before establishing a grocery store nearby at the top of Prescott Street.
A commemorative plaque for the St. John's Electric Light Company is located at Rawlins Cross, although the business was established on nearby Flavin Street in 1885.
The popular Newfoundland Celtic Rock band, Rawlins Cross, formed in 1988, takes its name from this St. John's landmark.