diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver.java b/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver.java
index c850a605..612569a6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver.java
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package com.hedera.block.server.persistence.storage.path;
 
-import com.hedera.block.common.utils.FileUtilities;
 import com.hedera.block.common.utils.Preconditions;
 import com.hedera.block.server.persistence.storage.PersistenceStorageConfig;
-import com.hedera.block.server.persistence.storage.PersistenceStorageConfig.CompressionType;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 public final class BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver implements BlockPathResolver {
     private final Path liveRootPath;
-    private final CompressionType compressionType;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ public final class BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver implements BlockPathResolver {
      */
     private BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver(@NonNull final PersistenceStorageConfig config) {
         this.liveRootPath = Path.of(config.liveRootPath());
-        this.compressionType = config.compression();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,16 +51,21 @@ public Path resolveArchiveRawPathToBlock(final long blockNumber) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The block-as-local-dir implementation does not support
+     * compression/decompression. A block will only be found if it exists and is
+     * not compressed.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber the block number to find the block file for
+     * @return an {@link Optional} containing the path to the block file if it
+     * exists, otherwise an empty {@link Optional}
+     */
     @NonNull
     @Override
-    public Optional<Path> findBlock(final long blockNumber) { // todo add archive root search & abstract if common
+    public Optional<Path> findBlock(final long blockNumber) {
         Preconditions.requireWhole(blockNumber);
         final Path liveRawRootPath = resolveLiveRawPathToBlock(blockNumber);
-        final Path compressionExtendedLiveRawRootPath =
-                FileUtilities.appendExtension(liveRawRootPath, compressionType.getFileExtension());
-        if (Files.exists(compressionExtendedLiveRawRootPath)) {
-            return Optional.of(compressionExtendedLiveRawRootPath);
-        } else if (Files.exists(liveRawRootPath)) {
+        if (Files.exists(liveRawRootPath)) {
             return Optional.of(liveRawRootPath);
         } else {
             return Optional.empty();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver.java b/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver.java
index ed75e2aa..3907b116 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public Path resolveArchiveRawPathToBlock(final long blockNumber) {
 
     @NonNull
     @Override
-    public Optional<Path> findBlock(final long blockNumber) { // todo add archive root search & abstract if common
+    public Optional<Path> findBlock(final long blockNumber) {
         Preconditions.requireWhole(blockNumber);
         final Path liveRawRootPath = resolveLiveRawPathToBlock(blockNumber);
         final Path compressionExtendedLiveRawRootPath =
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ public Optional<Path> findBlock(final long blockNumber) { // todo add archive ro
         } else {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
-    }
+    } // todo consider to add additional handling here, like test for other compression types (currently not existing)
+    // and also look for archived blocks (will be implemented in a follow-up PR)
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolverTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolverTest.java
index 92767d0a..562979f2 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolverTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalDirPathResolverTest.java
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 import com.hedera.block.server.persistence.storage.PersistenceStorageConfig;
 import com.hedera.block.server.util.TestConfigUtil;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
@@ -106,6 +109,71 @@ void testInvalidBlockNumberArchiveResolve(final long toResolve) {
         assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> toTest.resolveArchiveRawPathToBlock(toResolve));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly finds a
+     * block with the given block number.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, valid block number
+     * @param expectedBlockFile parameterized, expected block file
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("validBlockNumbers")
+    void testSuccessfulFindBlockNoCompression(final long blockNumber, final String expectedBlockFile)
+            throws IOException {
+        final Path expected = testLiveRootPath.resolve(expectedBlockFile);
+        Files.createDirectories(expected.getParent());
+        Files.createFile(expected);
+
+        // assert block was created successfully
+        assertThat(expected).exists().isRegularFile().isReadable();
+
+        final Optional<Path> actual = toTest.findBlock(blockNumber);
+        assertThat(actual)
+                .isNotNull()
+                .isPresent()
+                .get(InstanceOfAssertFactories.PATH)
+                .isAbsolute()
+                .exists()
+                .isReadable()
+                .isRegularFile()
+                .isEqualByComparingTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly returns an
+     * empty {@link Optional} when a block with the given block number does not
+     * exist.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, valid block number
+     * @param expectedBlockFile parameterized, expected block file
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("validBlockNumbers")
+    void testBlockNotFound(final long blockNumber, final String expectedBlockFile) throws IOException {
+        final Path expected = testLiveRootPath.resolve(expectedBlockFile);
+
+        // assert block does not exist
+        assertThat(expected).doesNotExist();
+
+        final Optional<Path> actual = toTest.findBlock(blockNumber);
+        assertThat(actual).isNotNull().isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalDirPathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly throws an
+     * {@link IllegalArgumentException} when an invalid block number is invalid.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, invalid block number
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("invalidBlockNumbers")
+    void testInvalidBlockNumberFindBlock(final long blockNumber) {
+        assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> toTest.findBlock(blockNumber));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Some valid block numbers.
      *
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolverTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolverTest.java
index 5e23d169..7d72b01f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolverTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/server/persistence/storage/path/BlockAsLocalFilePathResolverTest.java
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
 
 import com.hedera.block.server.config.BlockNodeContext;
 import com.hedera.block.server.persistence.storage.PersistenceStorageConfig;
+import com.hedera.block.server.persistence.storage.PersistenceStorageConfig.CompressionType;
 import com.hedera.block.server.util.TestConfigUtil;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
@@ -108,6 +112,103 @@ void testInvalidBlockNumberArchiveResolve(final long toResolve) {
         assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> toTest.resolveArchiveRawPathToBlock(toResolve));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly finds a
+     * block by a given number, with no compression.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, valid block number
+     * @param expectedBlockFile parameterized, expected block file
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("validBlockNumbers")
+    void testSuccessfulFindBlockNoCompression(final long blockNumber, final String expectedBlockFile)
+            throws IOException {
+        final Path expected = testLiveRootPath.resolve(expectedBlockFile);
+        Files.createDirectories(expected.getParent());
+        Files.createFile(expected);
+
+        // assert block was created successfully
+        assertThat(expected).exists().isRegularFile().isReadable();
+
+        final Optional<Path> actual = toTest.findBlock(blockNumber);
+        assertThat(actual)
+                .isNotNull()
+                .isPresent()
+                .get(InstanceOfAssertFactories.PATH)
+                .isAbsolute()
+                .exists()
+                .isReadable()
+                .isRegularFile()
+                .isEqualByComparingTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly finds a
+     * block by a given number, with zstd compression.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, valid block number
+     * @param expectedBlockFile parameterized, expected block file
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("validBlockNumbers")
+    void testSuccessfulFindBlockZstdCompressed(final long blockNumber, final String expectedBlockFile)
+            throws IOException {
+        final String expectedBlockFileWithExtension = expectedBlockFile.concat(CompressionType.ZSTD.getFileExtension());
+        final Path expected = testLiveRootPath.resolve(expectedBlockFileWithExtension);
+        Files.createDirectories(expected.getParent());
+        Files.createFile(expected);
+
+        // assert block was created successfully
+        assertThat(expected).exists().isRegularFile().isReadable();
+
+        final Optional<Path> actual = toTest.findBlock(blockNumber);
+        assertThat(actual)
+                .isNotNull()
+                .isPresent()
+                .get(InstanceOfAssertFactories.PATH)
+                .isAbsolute()
+                .exists()
+                .isReadable()
+                .isRegularFile()
+                .isEqualByComparingTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly returns an
+     * empty {@link Optional} when a block is not found.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, valid block number
+     * @param expectedBlockFile parameterized, expected block file
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("validBlockNumbers")
+    void testBlockNotFound(final long blockNumber, final String expectedBlockFile) throws IOException {
+        final Path expected = testLiveRootPath.resolve(expectedBlockFile);
+
+        // assert block does not exist
+        assertThat(expected).doesNotExist();
+
+        final Optional<Path> actual = toTest.findBlock(blockNumber);
+        assertThat(actual).isNotNull().isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test aims to verify that the
+     * {@link BlockAsLocalFilePathResolver#findBlock(long)} correctly throws an
+     * {@link IllegalArgumentException} when an invalid block number
+     * is provided.
+     *
+     * @param blockNumber parameterized, invalid block number
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("invalidBlockNumbers")
+    void testInvalidBlockNumberFindBlock(final long blockNumber) {
+        assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> toTest.findBlock(blockNumber));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Some valid block numbers.
      *